Improvement in tack-hammers



L. GRANGER.

TACK-HAMMER.

Na.181,573 Iatented Aug. 29,1876.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS GRANGER, OF ARMADA, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN TACK-HAMMERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,573, dated August29, 1876; application filed July 13, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS GRANGER, of Armada, county of Macomb and Stateof Michigan, have invented an Improvement in Tack- Hammers.

The following description, taken in connection with the accompanyingplate of drawings hereinafter referred to, forms a full and exactspecification, wherein are set forth the nature and principles of theinvention, by which the same may be distinguished from others of asimilar class, together with such parts thereof as are claimed as newand are desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States. 7

My invention relates to that class of hammers which are made use of fordriving tacks and the nature thereof consists in certain improvements inthe'construction of the same hereinafter shown and described.

In the accompanying plate of drawings, Figure 1 represents a side viewof the hammer. Fig. 2 is a view of the bottom thereof.

a designates the handle, and 'b the head of an ordinary tack-hammer. Tothe said handle a of the hammer is bolted the spring-claw 0,

which is provided with an elongated opening, d, for the reception of theshank of the tack to bedriven. The shank of the tack is inserted withinthe elongated opening (1 in such a manner that the head thereof issecurely clasped between the claw 0 and the head of the hammer.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States The spring-claw 0, combined with atackhammer, as and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this26th day of June, 1876.

LEWIS GRANGER.

